# Self-hosted alternatives to NotebookLM

> 4 self-hostable, open-source alternatives to NotebookLM, ranked by score.

- [open-notebook](https://selfhost.directory/project/open-notebook)
- [surfsense](https://selfhost.directory/project/surfsense)
- [SourceWeft](https://selfhost.directory/project/sourceweft)
- [Memorwise](https://selfhost.directory/project/memorwise)

## Head-to-head

- [open-notebook vs surfsense](https://selfhost.directory/compare/open-notebook-vs-surfsense)
- [open-notebook vs SourceWeft](https://selfhost.directory/compare/open-notebook-vs-sourceweft)
- [surfsense vs SourceWeft](https://selfhost.directory/compare/sourceweft-vs-surfsense)

## Also in Knowledge Management

Not listed as NotebookLM alternatives, but from the same category:

- [Basic Memory](https://selfhost.directory/project/basic-memory): AI conversations that actually remember. Never re-explain your project to your AI again. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tyvKNccgqN
- [SiYuan](https://selfhost.directory/project/siyuan): Open-source, local-first knowledge base where every note is a block with backlinks; runs as a desktop app or a self-hosted Docker service on port 6806.
- [Trilium Notes](https://selfhost.directory/project/trilium-notes): Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes
- [SwarmVault](https://selfhost.directory/project/swarmvault): Build a personal knowledge graph and searchable wiki from your files and code. Runs locally with no cloud dependency and includes a visual graph explorer.
- [DocsMint](https://selfhost.directory/project/docsmint): DocsMint is a self-hosted, open-source knowledge base for documents and AI agents with rich-text editing, hybrid search, and MCP/REST API. Deploy via Docker Compose.
- [KaaS](https://selfhost.directory/project/kaas): Self-hosted, open-source knowledge-base compiler turning scattered notes into a queryable Markdown wiki via a 4-phase LLM pipeline. Exposes wiki via MCP for AI agents.

All 181 Knowledge Management projects: https://selfhost.directory/knowledge-management

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